MTN others to offer health insurance services
MTN Nigeria Nigerian National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), and Salt & Einstein MTS, Mobile insurance services aggregator, have announced a strategic partnership to launch a mobile-based universal health insurance service known as Y’ello Health. This service, according to the trio will provide Nigerians affordable health insurance cover on a pre-paid basis, adding that through the Y’ello Health, mobile subscribers are able to opt into a micro healthcare insurance scheme through Health Management Organizations (HMO’s) using their mobile phones for a range of pre-defined medical treatments for which affordable premium can also be remitted through the subscribers’ mobile phone. Dr. Femi Thomas, executive secretary and CEO of NHIS, speaking on the rationale behind the new partnership said, “MTN is a large player in the Nigerian economy, having a good number of registered Nigerians on its database. To be able to reach out to Nigerians, we at NHIS decided to partner with S...